Mop



July ,9, 1929- lc. v. ANDERSON A 1,720,025

' 'MOP Filed sept. 1'5, 1927 Patented July 9, 1929.

UNITED STATES v CHARLES V. ANDERSON, F CINCINNATI, OHIO.

j Moy.

Application filed September 15, 1927. Serial No. 219,726.

This invention relates 'to inops and particularly mops generally utilized i'or cleaninnI ad polishing 'tha-nrs' and other wooden rees havinga high polish or finish thereon.

One object ot the invention is to provide a mop of exceedingly simple construction, c: pable ot beine;` produced at a comparativcly low cost.

r-mother object is to provide a strand-carrying; trame of liirht weight material, a novel arra:V gement beine; provided for reinforcing' said trame so as to prevent flexingr oit said i'raiue. i

The mop, in its preferred form, is rersiblc and a still l'urther object is to provide :i simple arrangement for limiting the turning movement ot the handle with respect to the .strand carrying head when the mop is beingv reversed.

li'ith these and other objects in vien' the invention consists in certain details of construction and combinations and arrangements ot parts', all as `,vill` hereinaitter he more fully described and the novel features thin-coi particularly pointed out in the appended claims,

1n thy accompanyingdrawings,

Figure 1 is a pla n view ot a mop embodying' the present improvements;

Fig. is a perspective view ot a mop head delai-hed 'trom the handle and opened;

lfig. 3 is an elevation ot the interior of the inop head iliustratir"=' the connections ior 9 .securnier the tivo ends ot Athe head together when the latter is mounted on the handle.;

15in'. Ll is a plan vien' showing the strand :nippel-ting; trame mounted on the handle socket;

is a view on the line of Fig. 4t; and

Fig'. G is a similar view showing the position el' the handle and head when the niop is reversed.

The handle 10 may be secured in any desi red way to a suitable member such as socket 11, which with the exception ot one or two :features to be later described mavtal: any desired iioriu or shape. Preferably, one cud of socket 11 formed with bifurcations 12 lai-tween which one arm 13 ot an angularly shaped connector is pivotally secured bv an ordinary bolt 15. Between arm 13 and .one bifurcation. a friction element, such as a. rubber washer 14 is secured on the bolt 15. lVhen the nut on bolt 15 is tightened,

the Vfriction of said washer aids in preventing turning o'l.2 the socket and connector.

The other arm .13 of the connector' has permanently attached thereto one end of a strand carryinT trame 16 which is made up of thin, flat springr metal whose tree end is adapted to be slipped through a casing or pocket 17 formed in or on the material carrying` the mop strands 18. In assemblingf the mop this iree end ot trame 1G is placed, on a threaded pin 19 mounted on arm 13a of said connector', this end ot the frame being provided with series of holes 2l) lor the recept-ion ol: pin 19. The provision ot this series ot holes Qt) makes it possible to alter the diameter of 'traine 1G to compensate for shrinkage of casing 17. To retain the tree end ot thc trame on pin 19, a thumb nut .21 'tor said pin is provided and to prevent flexing of said frame, laterally, of the strip of which it is formed, one edge of arm 13n ot the connector is offset or formed with a tlanee, as at 13h, against which they edge of the traine engages when secured to arm 13% As illustrated, the strands 1S project from both sides of casing 17, the mop being adapted to be reversed, whereby the strands at either sido of the casing may be utilized. This, of course, requires that the angular position ot the handle 10 with respect to trame 1G be capable of being altered so as to extend upwardly, for instance, from the trame when the latter is tlat on the floor. The pivoted connection between the socket 11 and arm 13 ot the connector to which the trame is attached, permits oit this adjustment but to limit the relative turningr movements ot the socket and connector, one bifurcation ot the socket and vl he arm 13 are provided with cooperating stop elements. Preferably, these elements consist ot a protuberance 22, formed by an indentation in the bifurcation, which is adapted to engage the edge of arm 13 a portion ofsaid edge being,r cut away as at 23 whereby the handle will be free to turn the desired distance, in one direction, before the projection 22 comes in contact with said edge.

To add to the app arance of the mop when assembled, the ends of casing 17 are adapted to be secured together by fastening elements such as the ordinary hook and eye 24.

A mop embodying the present improvements is comparatively inexpensive due to the simplicity of its several parts. It is also convenient to use on account of being extremely light, the metal constituting the strand-carrying frame adding little Weight -to the mop. Further, the stop elements for limiting relative movements of the handle and frame cannot become detached or lost as they are formed integrally with major parts of the device.

lhat I claim is:

l. -A mop comprising a handle, a frame attached to said handle and onwhieh the mop strands are removably carried, said frame being formed of fiat spring material, and means carriedV by said handle having a 'flat face againstwhich said frame engages and also. providedwvitha projection engaging an edge of said frame 'for preventing lateral flexing of the frame.

2. A mop comprising a handle, a connector attached to said handle, apliant casing earrying a multiplicity of mop strands, a; still?- ening member haring one. end perlnanently fattachedto said connector, the other end'of ,said member being adapted to be projected through said casing While the member is attached to said connector, and means for detachably securing said other end to said connector.

3. A mop comprising a handle, a connector attached to said handle, a pliant casingcarrying a multiplicity of mop strands, a stii'lieningmember having one end perma- -nently attached to said connector, the other end of said -member being -adapted to be projected through said casing, means having a flatY face against which said member engages fand, provided with a projection adapted to engage an edge of said stifening member 'for preven ting flexing volf saidsti'l'l'- ening member, and means 'lfor -detachably :securing said otherendof saidmember to the connector.

4l. In a mop,- a'handle, a pliant casing having a plurality of strands thereon, a conmember to said connector with one edge of said member engaging against the liange on said connector. i

5. In a mop, a handle, a pliant casing having a plurality of strands thereon, a connector carried by said handle, said connector `having a lateral projection with an overhanging flange at one edge thereo'l, a stili)- ening member adapted to extend through said casing one end of said member being pernianently attached to said connector, and means for detachably securing the other end ot' saidmember to said connector With one of its edges engaging'the overhanging flange of said connector.

6. A mop embodying a handle, a frame formed of flat spring material. upon which mop strands are removably mounted,iand means located at one end of said frame for attachment'to the handle and for attaching the other end of said frame.

7. A mop embodying a handle, a frame upon which mop strands are removably carried, said frame consisting of a pliant metal strip, a connector fixedly secured to one end only of said strip, means 'for securing the free end o'l" the strip to the connector, and

means for securing the connector to the handle.

8.A In a mop, a pliantrcasing carrying mop stra-nds, a frame consisting olE a pliant metal strip, a connector permanently secured at one end of the strip, the opposite end being free for passage through the casing, means forsecuring the free end of the strip to the connector, a handle, and means for securing the connector to the handle.

CHARLES V. ANDERSON. 

